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Old English word for copper

3 headwords match “copper”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; copor ranks first.

  1. 1

    copor

    score 24

    noun, neuter · strong a-stem · 6 inflected forms

    copper — copper

    • opens the headword's definition
    • listed as an English descendant
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular copor
    genitive singular copores
    dative singular copore
    accusative singular copor
    nominative plural coporu
    genitive plural copora
  2. 2

    ar

    score 11

    noun, masculine · strong a-stem · 6 inflected forms

    copper — ore, brass, copper

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular ār
    genitive singular āres
    dative singular āre
    accusative singular ār
    nominative plural āras
    genitive plural āra
  3. 3

    cypren

    score 9

    adjective · 12 inflected forms

    copper — made of copper; coppery

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    strong nominative singular masculine cypren
    strong nominative singular feminine cyprenu, cypreno
    strong nominative singular neuter cypren
    strong accusative singular masculine cyprenne
    strong accusative singular feminine cyprene
    strong accusative singular neuter cypren

How this ranking works

Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “copper” gets the points below; the candidates are then sorted by total. The score is shown on each entry above so the order can be checked rather than trusted.

The English word opens the headword's definition+10
It appears later in the first definition+6
It appears in any definition+3
It is in the headword's links+2
It is listed as an English descendant (etymological evidence)+9
The headword has an inflection table+3
Part of speech is a proper noun−5
Part of speech is a verb (-ian derivations are noisy)−3
The headword is an alternative form−6
The first definition is longer than three words−2

A candidate has to be a real headword with its own entry: inflected forms and grammatical terminology (genitive, nominative, preterite, …) never appear here.

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